Reduction of 2-acyl-1-naphthols to 2-alkyl-1-naphthols

Mar 25, 1977

hydrogenation of 2-acyl-1-naphthols at 200 to 1000 pounds per square inch and 115.degree. to 200.degree. C. in the presence of a copper chromite catalyst produces the corresponding 2-alkyl-1-naphthols. These compounds are useful in the synthesis of 2-alkyl naphthoquinone miticides.

Description

Patent History

Patent number: T962009
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 25, 1977
Date of Patent: Sep 6, 1977
Inventor: Robert Benson Fugitt (Newark, DE)
Application Number: 5/781,105

Classifications

Current U.S. Class: 260/624C
International Classification: C07C 3914;